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Poof! You're Dead
Season 3, Episode 12
Beckett and Castle investigate the apparent suicide of a magic-shop owner after he is found drowned in a tank used by Harry Houdini in a famous illusion. The victim's employee refuses to believe her boss would kill himself, and the note he left bears the fingerprints of a street magician. Meanwhile, Lanie and Esposito have a secret of their own to keep from their colleagues. Guest starring Vanessa Lengies (Glee)
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Cast & Crew
Nathan Fillion
(Actor)
.. Richard Castle
Stana Katic
(Actor)
.. Det Kate Beckett
Susan Sullivan
(Actor)
.. Martha Rodgers
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
(Actor)
.. Capt Roy Montgomery
Molly C Quinn
(Actor)
.. Alexis Castle
Jon Huertas
(Actor)
.. Javier Esposito
Tamala Jones
(Actor)
.. Lanie Parish
Seamus Dever
(Actor)
.. Det Kevin Ryan
Jeff Hephner
(Actor)
.. Edmund/Zalman Drake
Brett Cullen
(Actor)
.. Christian Dahl
Vanessa Lengies
(Actor)
.. Eliza Winter
Chadwick Boseman
(Actor)
.. Chuck Russell
Armyan Bernstein
(Executive producer)
Rob Bowman
(Executive producer)
Andrew W Marlowe
(Executive producer)
Laurie Zaks
(Executive producer)
Millicent Shelton
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Nathan Fillion
(Actor)
.. Richard Castle
Born:
March 27, 1971
in
Edmonton, Canada
Best Known For:
Playing writer-cum-makeshift-detective Richard Castle
Early-life:
Born Nathan Christopher Fillion in Alberta, Canada, on March 27, 1971. Fillion has an older brother called Jeff. Their parents were English teachers, and originally, Nathan wanted to follow their footsteps into education by becoming a drama teacher. He attended Holy Trinity Catholic High School and later University of Alberta. He is descended from Confederate American Civil War general Jubal Early.
Career:
After stints in various theatre, TV and film productions, Fillion moved to New York where he starred in soap opera One Life To Live, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. Other early roles came in Saving Private Ryan, Two Guys and a Girl, and Dracula 2000. He eventually landed the starring role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly (which he now says was the best acting job he's ever had). He has leant his voice to various animated series and computer games including King of the Hill and Halo 3, but his most successful role to date has been eponymous mystery novelist Castle. Other projects include Desperate Housewives, Waitress, Monsters University and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
Quote:
'There is nothing like a major motion picture to make you feel a little bit better about having your TV show cancelled.'
Trivia:
He is deaf in one ear.
Stana Katic
(Actor)
.. Det Kate Beckett
Born:
April 26, 1978
in
Hamilton, Ontario
Best Known For:
Castle.
Early-life:
Stana was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on April 26, 1978 to Petar and Rada. She has four brothers and one sister. Her parents had emigrated from Coatia. She later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois. Stana studied at the University of Toronto and the DePaul University Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.
Career:
Katic had guest roles in a number of well-known TV series in the early part of her career, including Alias, Dragnet, The Shield, ER, 24, Heroes and CSI: Miami. She has also starred on the big screen in The Spirit (2008) and Quantum of Solace (2008). Her big break came in 2008 when she was cast as Kate Beckett in crime drama Castle alongside Nathan Fillion.
Quote:
'I just enjoy working with really wonderful actors and amazing creative people and I hope to keep doing that, no matter where.'
Trivia:
In 2010, Katic started a global initiative called The Alternative Travel Project to encourage everyone to go car-free for just one day.
Susan Sullivan
(Actor)
.. Martha Rodgers
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
(Actor)
.. Capt Roy Montgomery
Molly C Quinn
(Actor)
.. Alexis Castle
Jon Huertas
(Actor)
.. Javier Esposito
Tamala Jones
(Actor)
.. Lanie Parish
Seamus Dever
(Actor)
.. Det Kevin Ryan
Jeff Hephner
(Actor)
.. Edmund/Zalman Drake
Brett Cullen
(Actor)
.. Christian Dahl
Vanessa Lengies
(Actor)
.. Eliza Winter
Chadwick Boseman
(Actor)
.. Chuck Russell
Born:
November 29, 1976
in
Anderson, South Carolina
Best Known For:
Get On Up, 42 and Captain America: Civil War.
Early-life:
Chadwick Aaron Boseman was born in Anderson, South Carolina, on November 29, 1976 to Leroy and Carolyn. He graduated from Howard University in Washington, DC, in 2000 with a BFA in directing and went on to study at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. His early ambition was to write and direct. His love of acting came later. Between 2002 and 2007, he was the drama instructor in the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program at the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York.
Career:
In 2003, Boseman landed a small role in the TV series Third Watch. Guest appearances followed in All My Children, Law & Order and CSI: NY. In 2008, he had a recurring role in family drama Lincoln Heights. His big break came in 2013 when he played the lead role in 42, a film about legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson. Since then, he has appeared in Draft Day (2014) and played James Brown in Get on Up (2014). His recent credits include Gods of Egypt (2016) and Message from the King (2016). He played T'Challa/Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War (2016).
Quote:
'You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.'
Trivia:
Boseman enjoys playing basketball.
Armyan Bernstein
(Executive producer)
Rob Bowman
(Executive producer)
Andrew W Marlowe
(Executive producer)
Laurie Zaks
(Executive producer)
Millicent Shelton
(Director)
